HOUSTON, Minn. — Iris, a great horned owl, doesn’t need to hunt. Blind in her right eye, Iris has been in captivity since 2006. She is an education ambassador owl which means she’s used to give ...

December and January we are wakened just before dawn by the calls of a pair of Great Horned Owls. (Are you up…me too-me too?) The males are returning to the territories of their mates. (After the ...

Max the great horned owl died recently at age 27. (Jim Walker photo) The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH), in partnership with Eyes in the Sky (EITS) of the Santa Barbara Audubon ...

Great horned owls are the first bird species in Ohio to begin nesting, often laying eggs by late January. Great horned owls are more commonly heard than seen, with their call being a series of deep ...

A great horned owl fledgling was seen at Sacramento State late February. Experts at Sac State and the Wildlife Care Association say it’s not uncommon to see these types of birds in the wild during the ...

Reader Todd Mackinaw recently admired how the great horned owl can thrive from the Brooks Range in Alaska all the way to Uruguay in South America. The knee-high owl, known for its “plumicorns” — tufts ...

In your backyard or at a campsite, you may hear some interesting coos and even screeches in the night. With their beautiful arrangements of feathers, silent flight, 270-degree swiveling necks and big ...